by Pál Nyíri Around ten years ago I took some Chinese friends to the former royal castle in Gödöllö, near Budapest. We came upon a photo studio where you could dress up in costume from Queen Sisi's era. My friends' daughter, then around ten, donned the garb of a noble young lady; I dressed up as her governess. The photo was a hit, and recently it got into the hands of my three-year-old son. He wanted one too. The castle's website informed us that the studio was still there. Off we went with my wife and my son.
Van onze correspondent uit Athene Op de avond van de dag dat Griekenland met de overige EU landen een akkoord sloot over nieuwe leningen in ruil voor vergaande economische hervormingen heeft er voor het Griekse parlementsgebouw een grote demonstratie plaats. Duizenden mensen, merendeels tussen 20 en 40 jaar, protesteren tegen het akkoord. Dan liever uit de eurozone en uit de Europese Unie! Ze zien geen toekomst meer voor zichzelf in dit Griekenland dat zo hard moet bezuinigen om zijn schulden at betalen.
by Dimitris Dalakoglou If one was following Greek and international media, it might have seemed as though the difference between the numbers in the Yes and No camps in the Greek referendum was tiny. However, as most ethnographers of Greece would be able to tell you, especially the ones who have spent two years doing research in Athens during the crisis, the No voters were in the overwhelming majority. And so it ultimately proved in the result.
by Gaya Nikolsky Legacy, history and mythology are essential when forming a social group or a community. And for capoeira, its history and the story of its liberation are important aspects in the meaning given to capoeira nowadays.